Adjustable nose-guard structure for folding oxford eyeglasses



p 1, 1934. v. TANASSO ET AL 1,973,125

ADJUSTABLE NOSE GUARD STRUCTURE FOR FOLDING OXFORD EYEGLASSES Filed June 3, 1932 INVENTORS fimcengidknsw &J'0J [13/06/1025 ATTORXIEY Patented Sept. 11, 1934 UNITED STATES PATET OFFICE ADJUSTABLE NOSE-GUARD STRUCTURE FOR FDLDHNG OXFORD EYEGLASSES Vincent Tanasso, Harrison, and Jacob J. Pomeranz, Brooklyn, N. Y.

This invention relates to improvements in nose-guard structures for eye-glass frames; and, more particularly, to a nose-guard structure for folding Oxford types of eye-glass frames which is capable of a wide variation of adjustment, whereby the guards may be readily fitted to the nose of an individual user.

This invention has for its principal object to provide a novel nose-guard structure provided with, what may be termed, goose-neck supporting arms for joining the same to the lens rims of the eye-glass frames; said goose-neck supporting arms being adapted to be easily bent by the optician when fitting the eye-glasses to the nose of an individual user, so as to obtain desired adjustments of the nose-guard pads as may be required, as, for example, any one or more of the following dispositions, viz, vertical adjustments to dispose the nose-guards higher or lower; forward and backward adjustments to off-set or in-set the nose guards; toward and away from each other to attain narrow or wide spacing of one nose-guard device relative to the other. The novel adjustable goose-neck supporting arms are inwardly projecting from the inner face of the glasses, and, as thus disposed, do not interfere with operative folding movements ofv the frame whereby one rim and its lens is registered in parallel plane upon the other when the frame is in folded condition.

Another object of this invention is to provide, in combination with the goose-neck supporting arms, nose-guard elements per se which are capable of rocking movement whereby the same will more or less automatically angularly dispose themselves relative to the contours of the wearers nose, thus not only assuring a firm grip upon the latter, but also assuring a greater degree of corn-- fort to the wearer. l

A further object of this invention is to provide nose-guard elements per se comprising a main pad and an off-set auxiliary pad supported from the main pad carrier plate in such manner as to be capable of angular adjustments, whereby the auxiliary pad may be sofitted as to assure effective gripping of the wearers nose thereby without risk of diminishing the grip of the main pad, or vice versa.

Other objects of this invention, not at this time more particularly pointed out, will become apparent in the following detailed description of the same.

Illustrative embodiments of this invention are shown in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. l is a front face view of a pair of folding Oxford eye-glasses provided with one form of the adjustable nose-guard structure according to this invention; Fig. 2 is .a fragmentary horizontal section, taken on line 2-2 in Fig. 1, and drawn on an enlarged scale; Fig. 3 is a detail inside View on line 3-3 in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 44 in Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line 55 in Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view similar to that of Fig. 2, but'illustrating a modified arrangement of the nose-guard structure.

Fig. '7 is a fragmentary front face view of another modified form of the nose guard structure, embodying features of this invention; Fig. 8. is a top edge view of the parts shownin Fig. 7; and Fig. 9 is inside face view of the nose-guard structure shown in Fig. '7.

imilar characters of reference are employed in the above described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 5 of the accompanying drawing, we have shown therein one form of the adjustable nose-guard structure of this invention. The reference character 10 indicates the lens rims of a folding Oxford frame which are connected together by the spring bridge member 11, the end portions of which are hingedly connected to the lens rims in the customary manner.

Secured to the opposed or inner sides of the lens rim peripheries are the adjustable noseguard structures according to this invention, description in detail of one of which willbe sufficient to embrace both, since they are counterparts one of the other. The reference character 12 indicates the fixed end of a goose-neck supporting arm, the body 13 of which is bent into a generally U-shape, with the free branch 14 thereof terminating in a flattened perforate terminal plate 15. Said goose-neck supporting arm is disposed in substantially horizontal plane, to project inwardly or rearwardly relative to the face plane of the eye-glasses, and thus will readily permit the folding of the frame to register one lensrim and its contained lens over the other without interference. The fixed branch of the supporting arm is somewhat indented, as at 16, to permit an overlying lens rim to register with the lens rim from which it springs when the frame is folded. Normally the free branch 14 of the supporting arm is somewhat upwardly pitched or inclined to the generally horizontal plane in which the remaining portions of the supporting arm are normally disposed.

The reference character 1'7 indicates a noseguard plate having a rocking-stud 18 ofrectangular cross-section projecting rearwardly therefrom and somewhat loosely through a correspondingly shaped perforation with which said terminal plate 15 of the supporting is provided. The free end of said rocking stud l8 terminates in a keeper head 19, thus coupling said main noseguard plate 17 to the free branch 14 of the supporting arm so that said plate 1'? is capable of a limited endwise rocking movement. The rocking movement thus allowed for permits the main nose-guard plate 17, and the pad or facing 20 affixed thereto, to more or less automatically adjust its contact plane angularly in' correspondence with the surface contour of the wearers nose against which it is pressed. Connected with and laterally and inwardly offset from said main nose-guard plate 1'7 is an upwardly extending carrier-arm 21 having a laterally projecting offset arm 22 at its end; said off-set arm 22 terminating in a perforate terminal plate 23. Affixed to an auxiliary pad. 24 is a rocking-stud 25jof rectangular cross-section, which projects rearwardly through a correspondingly shaped perforation with which said terminal plate 23 is provided; the rocking-stud 25 somewhat loosely fitting the said perforation. The free end of said rocking-stud 25 terminates in a keeper head 26, thus coupling said auxiliary pad 24 to the oif-set arm 22 so that the same is capable of independent limited endwise rocking movement, thereby permitting the pad 24 to independently automatically adjust its contact plane angularly in correspondence with the surface contour of the wearers nose which is engaged thereby.

I The nose-guard structure, constituted as above described, is capable of a wide variety of adjustmerits, which can readily be made by the retail Optician when fitting the eye-glasses to the indi vidual user. The goose-neck supporting arm may b eeasily bent by pliers to effect general adjustments to raise or lower the nose-guard elements, or'to move the same inward or outward relative to the face plane of the lenses, or to move the nose-guard elements laterally toward or from each other. Any one or more of these adjustments'may be made in any given case. In addition'to the self-adjusting movements of which the main guard pad and auxiliary guard pad-are capable by virtue of the rocking-stud connections with which the same are provided, the auxiliary pad may be independently angularly adjusted by bending the off-set arm 22 in required direction. It will thus be obvious that a very simple and yet exceedingly efiicient adjustable nose-guard structure isprovided which is of special advantage in connection with folding Oxford types of eye-glass frames.

It may be desirable in some instances to dispense with the rocking-stud connection for joining the main nose-guard plateto the free branch 14 of the goose-neck supporting arm, thus eliminating the automatic tilting movements of the latter while nevertheless retaining such automatic tilting movements with respect to the auxiliary pad 24. In such event, the nose-guard plate 17 is rigidly attached to the terminal plate 15 of the free branch 14 of the goose-neck sup-- porting arm. Such rigid attachment may be effected in any desirable way, as e. g. by tight riveting these parts together, as shown in Fig. 6,

' orby soldering the same together, or otherwise affixing one part to the other.

It may also be desirable in other instances to provide a means for separably or detachably connecting the main nose-guard plate 17 with the free branch 14 of the goose-neck supporting arm. In such case, a hollow box 27 may be secured to the terminal plate 15 of said free branch 14, as by soldering, riveting or other suitable form of securing means. The main nose-guard plate 17 in such case is provided with a shortened pad or facing 20 so as to leave the upper end of the plate free for insertion upwardly into the box 27, wherein it may be secured by a fastening screw 28; all of which is shown in Figs. 7 to 9 of the drawing.

We are aware that changes, other than those specifically mentioned, could be made in the adjustable nose-guard structure hereinabove set forth, and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof as defined in the appended claims. It is therefore intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. 7

We claim:--

1. In eye-glass frames of the folding Oxford type having lens rims, a bendable goose-neck supporting arm of generally U-shape having one branch affixed to the periphery of a rim to extend rearwardly relative to the face plane thereof, said fixedbranch being indented toward said lensrim intermediate its fixed end and the curved portion thereof to provide space to receive one rim when the same is folded upon the other, said supporting arm having a curved rear portion and a forwardly and upwardly extending free branch, a main nose-guard plate connected with the forward end of the free branch of said supporting arm above the point of connection of said fixed branch with the lens rims, and a pad member facing said plate. v 2, In eye-glass frames of the folding Oxford type having lens rims, a bendable goose-neck supporting arm of generally U-shape having one branch affixed to the periphery of a rim to'extend directly rearwardly relative to the face plane thereof, said fixed branch being indented toward said lens rim intermediate its fixed end and .the curved portion thereof to provide space to re.- ceive one rim when thesame is folded upon the other, a mainnose-guard plate connected with the free branch of said supporting arm, a pad member facing said. plate, said plate having. a bendable rearwardly off-set laterally extending carrier arm to lie in a plane above the free branch of said supporting arm, and an auxiliary nose-guard element connected with the free end portion of said carrieriarmsaid main nose-guard plate and said auxiliary nose-guard element being positioned .to the rear of said lens rim face plane.

3. In eye-glass frames of the folding Oxford type having lens rims, a bendable goose-neck supporting arm of U-shape having one branch affixed to'the periphery of a rim to extend directly rearwardly relative to the face plane thereof, said fixed branch being indented in the general direction of said lens rim intermediate its fixedend and the rear portion thereof to provide space to receive one rim when the same'is folded upon the other, said supporting arm having a curved rear portion and a free branch extending upwardly and forwardly from said curved rear portion, a main nose-guard plate connected with the free branch of said supporting arm, a pad member facing. said plate, saidplate having a bendable rearwardly off-set laterally extending carrier arm to lie in a plane above the free branch of said supporting arm, an auxiliary nose-guard element, and a rocking stud connection between said latter element and the free end portion of said carrier arm.

4. In eye-glass frames of the folding Oxford type having lens rims, a bendable goose-neck supporting arm of substantially U-shape having one branch affixed to the periphery of a rim to extend rearwardly relative to the face plane thereof, said fixed branch being indented intermediate its fixed end and the curved portion thereof to provide space to receive one rim when the same 

